I love The Huffington Post. It started out as a small blog with all kinds of interesting, and frankly liberal information and opinions. It was founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti in 2005 and has since grown to include coverage on a myriad of topics including politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, ...
Although this story is about professional writers, we’re all writers, and in this day when 90% of communication is written: you are what you write!! Enjoy this little tale, and whatever you do, remember this: It’s a Wonderful Life made more so with good writing skills. Wilbers: Good writers protect team members from harsh critics ...
For just about all of us writers, writer’s block is one of those black cloud gremlins that hovers about from time to time. Many kinds of gremlins lurk in the shadows, including the: I can’t do it gremlin I don’t know what to write about gremlin I’m too busy gremlin I don’t have big enough ...
The quaint lost art of writing longhand %7C TG Daily. And yet another!! Movement — we need a movement!! any takers out there? ...
Robinson%3A Last rites for cursive writing %7C savannahnow.com. No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop!!!!!! As you know, even by the title of this blog, pen and paper are essential tools to my work, to my art, to my heart! Yes, I admit to being ridiculous with my box-full of pens in the garage. I guess you could call me ...
I am nuts. Certifiable. At least I admit it. I have boxes full of pens, stacks of notebooks, and enough books to erect a wall around my neighborhood Wal-Mart. This entry isn’t really about my proclivity (obsession) for pens, notebooks, and clacking keyboards. (actually I prefer drafting with pen on paper — with just the ...
I’ve been gnawing on this issue for a while now, especially since as a function of (ahem) age, multi-tasking is not a ready-made skill. Far from it. And, I was absolutely delighted to read this morning, mono-tasking may be re-emerging as an art once lost, now found. It seems like yesterday when my daughter first ...
Why is it that some people insist on writing in all capital letters? I love to peruse the Saturday real estate section in the local paper, and enjoy reading the descriptions of my “dream homes,” except for the ones written in all caps! It’s not that I’m trying to make a point, it’s that I ...
In just the past two days I have come across two articles, both of which “how-to’s” about good writing, both of which were rife with writing errors. What errors? Passive voice, pseudo-academic style (in other words, difficult to understand), agreement of pronouns and antecedent (That person caught their coat in the door), crazy sentence construction, ...
After many years of schlepping my way through one corporate environment after another, I most inadvertently fell into teaching at the college level. The first few years were hell. I remember some of the worst digestive issues I’ve ever had and anxiety attacks that made me certain I would end up splayed all over the ...